Remote Access

GENERAL INFORMATION

The process of setting up remote access to your user interface is dependent on your overall network configuration. This page explains the basic principles of remote access using port forwarding and dynamic DNS for Internet connections without fixed public IP addresses.

The Miniserver user interface uses HTTP with SHA1 hashing for authentication. If more advanced security and full encryption of communication is desired then please do not follow the guides on port forwarding but set up another remote access method, such as VPN.

REMOTE ACCESS

Remote access will allow you to access your Miniserver from outside your home network. There are two important stages to this. First you need to setup port forwarding inside your router and then you need to register with a dynamic DNS provider so that you have a specific URL that you can always access your network externally with.

Remember to set your Miniserver to be on a static local IP address before configuring port forwarding.

INTRODUCTION TO PORT FORWARDING

Port forwarding is the process of telling your router to route external traffic on an external port to an internal port. It is configured directly in your router webinterface.

By default the Miniserver is on port 80 so you must tell your router to route to this internal port unless you have changed the Miniserver port. For more information on this please see the admin interface instructions.

After you have allowed port forwarding on your router, you should be able to access your Miniserver using your external IP address (for example: http://<Your External IP Address>:<Miniserver’s Port Number>).
To retrieve your current external IP address please go to http://checkip.dyndns.com.

The following ports used the Mini server to communicate to the outside:

port

protocol

application

80

TCP

Visualization (Port changeable)

21

TCP

FTP access (port changeable)

443

TCP

Push notifications (if used)

80

TCP

Cloud Service Caller (if used)

7700

UDP

Cloud Service DNS (if used)

6066

TCP

Cloud Service weather (if used)

7707

UDP

Loxone Support Crashlog (optional, not enabled by default)

7777

UDP

Loxone Support Monitoring (optional, not enabled by default)

If instructions for your router are not covered on our website, you can find more information on port forwarding and the manuals for many router models at http://www.portforward.com.

INTRODUCTION TO DYNAMIC DNS

Dynamic DNS (DDNS) is a way to automatically update a domain name in the Domain Name System (DNS) with the current DNS configuration of the network, for example updating the public IP address for a network every time it changes.

This is important for connecting to your Miniserver remotely because most Internet service providers assign dynamic public IP address (i.e. it changes regularly). As you can’t know your public IP address unless you are at home and connected to your local network you need to register to a dynamic DNS provider so the public IP address is updated to a domain name URL such as myhouse.dyndns.org.

Loxone offers a free DNS service for your installation, you can read about it here.

One such 3rd Party dynamic DNS provider is DynDNS.com.

SETTINGS IN LOXONE CONFIG

In Loxone Config it is important to enter the local IP address and port, and the external IP address and port for the Miniserver. This is because once these details have been saved in the Miniserver when you first connect to the Miniserver with the app the app will automatically get these details so you don’t have to remember them.

To do this open Loxone Config, click on the Miniserver in the periphery tree window and then look at the properties. You will see two boxes, one for the External URL and one for the Local address. Enter the IP address followed by a colon followed by the port for both boxes.

For example:

CONNECTING THROUGH LOXONE CONFIG

If you need to connect to a Miniserver remotely from Loxone Config for example to do maintenance or a quick change, you can click connect and then enter the external URL in the Connect to Miniserver dialogue without “http://”. Remember to put the port number afterwards.

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